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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| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
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| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
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| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
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