GRE Word List
STILTED
pompous
The meaning of the word stilted is pompous.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| conflagration | fire |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |