GRE Word List
CHARLATAN
quack
The meaning of the word charlatan is quack.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| superficial | of, relating to, or located near a surface |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |