GRE Word List
MOUNTEBANK
a person who sells quack medicines from a platform
The meaning of the word mountebank is a person who sells quack medicines from a platform.
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| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
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| viable | capable of living |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
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| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
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