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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| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
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| colloquy | conversation |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
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| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |