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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |