GRE Word List

STILTED

pompous

The meaning of the word stilted is pompous.

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inveighto protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail
entrancepower or permission to enter : admission
deploreto feel or express grief for
swaggerto conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner
stigmaa mark of shame or discredit : stain
persevereto persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement
egothe self especially as contrasted with another self or the world
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