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Flippancy ˈflɪp(ə)nsi' |
nounlack of respect or seriousness; frivolousness."she was infuriated by his careless flippancy" |
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Apogee |
NOUN1.The highest point in the development of something; a climax or culmination:‘a film which was the apogee of German expressionist cinema’2.Astronomy The point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is furthest from the earth.The opposite of perigee. |
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Piety |
noun1. the quality of being religious or reverent."acts of piety and charity"2. a belief which is accepted with unthinking conventional reverence.plural noun: pieties"the accepted pieties of our time" |
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Invidious |
adjective(of an action or situation) likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others."she'd put herself in an invidious position"(of a comparison or distinction) unfairly discriminating; unjust |
