GRE Word List
STILTED
pompous
The meaning of the word stilted is pompous.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |