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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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gapeto open the mouth wide
besmirchto cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully
pulverizeto reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize
avowto declare assuredly
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ambiguousdoubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness
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mendaciousgiven to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth
momentoushaving great or lasting importance : consequential
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