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 |
|---|---|
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| sidereal | of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral |
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |