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 |
|---|---|
| devious | wandering |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| forebears | ancestor |