GRE Word List

STILTED

pompous

The meaning of the word stilted is pompous.

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airyof or relating to air : atmospheric
palliddeficient in color : wan
propulsivetending or having power to propel
concomitantaccompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way
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expletivea syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense
syntheticrelating to or involving synthesis : not analytic
artfulperformed with or showing art or skill
grandiloquenta lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
pithyconsisting of or abounding in pith