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 |
|---|---|
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| juridical | of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| quisling | traitor |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| encumber | weigh down |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |