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 |
|---|---|
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
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| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| impuissance | weakness |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
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