GRE Word List
PLACEBO
a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder
The meaning of the word placebo is a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| demise | death |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| retiring | reserved |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |