GRE Word List

STILTED

pompous

The meaning of the word stilted is pompous.

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partitionthe action of parting : the state of being parted : division
explicitfully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent
gruelingtrying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing
endemicbelonging or native to a particular people or country
tremora trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease
stalwartmarked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit
sardonicdisdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking
delugean overflowing of the land by water
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
hypocriticalcharacterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy