SAT vocabulary

Ponderous

Slow and clumsy because of great weight; dull, laborious, or excessively solemn.

Example

"The speaker's ponderous delivery made the already complex topic even more difficult to follow."

Etymology

From Latin 'ponderosus', from 'pondus' (weight).

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