GRE Word List

STILTED

pompous

The meaning of the word stilted is pompous.

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WordMeaning
stem_fromarise from; originate from
exodusthe mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table
jostleto come in contact or into collision
capillaryresembling a hair especially in slender elongated form
macean aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg
wansuggestive of poor health : sickly
foregoto go before : precede
carnalrelating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites
perspicuousplain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant