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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contest | strive |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
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| finished | entirely done |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| application | an act of applying: |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |