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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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WordMeaning
traverseto go or travel across or over
prevailto gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph
nutritiousnourishing
aromaticof, relating to, or having aroma:
remoteseparated by an interval or space greater than usual
bereavedsuffering the death of a loved one
largessliberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior
infidelone who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity
bargainan agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other
dogmaticcharacterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts