GRE Word List
FLIPPANT
lacking proper respect or seriousness
The meaning of the word flippant is lacking proper respect or seriousness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| append | attach |
| paramour | lover |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |