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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| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| retrench | cut down |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |