GRE Word List
FLIPPANT
lacking proper respect or seriousness
The meaning of the word flippant is lacking proper respect or seriousness.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |