GRE Word List

STILTED

pompous

The meaning of the word stilted is pompous.

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adversitya state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
odiousarousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful
overturnto cause to turn over : upset
dutifulfilled with or motivated by a sense of duty
inopportuneinconvenient
memorialserving to preserve remembrance : commemorative
cremateto subject to cremation
emasculateto deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken
harpinga plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard