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 |
|---|---|
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| actuary | clerk |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |