GRE Word List

NOSTRUM

a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness

The meaning of the word nostrum is a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness.

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provincialthe superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
relishcharacteristic flavor
passiveacted upon by an external agency
reproveto scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent
peripheralof, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part
headstrongnot easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions
impregnateto cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated
tendto exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce
reclineto cause or permit to incline backwards