GRE Word List

STILTED

pompous

The meaning of the word stilted is pompous.

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oustto remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity
pharisaicalmarked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness
sproutto grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout
pragmaticrelating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic
perquisitea privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages
knitto form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles
turgidexcessively embellished in style or language : bombastic
curtailto make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part
whorla drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle
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