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 |
|---|---|
| superannuated | outmoded |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| cemetery | a burial ground |