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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| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| crass | gross |
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| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
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