fustian
pompous or pretentious language with little real meaning
Word origin: From Medieval Latin fustaneum, a coarse cloth, later applied to inflated style.
Fustian in a sentence
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The senator's speech was mere fustian, full of grand phrases and empty of substance.
Stripped of its fustian, the manifesto amounted to a few banal slogans about progress.
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Because the evidence linking the additive to the illness remained blank, regulators declined to issue a ban and instead called for further study.
Using “fustian” well
Fustian names inflated, pretentious language that sounds grand but says little. Originally a type of coarse cloth, the word came to mean padding or pompous bombast in speech and writing.
More GRE words starting with F
to make up something false in order to deceive
a deliberately false statement or invented account intended to mislead
a person who invents elaborate or untruthful stories
treating serious matters with inappropriate or flippant humor
achieved too easily and therefore superficial or shallow
to make an action or process easier or more achievable
a small, organized group within a larger one, especially one that is in opposition
inclined to form rival groups and provoke internal dissent
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