TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 22-Feb-13
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 22-Feb-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists mountebank [ MOUN-tuh'-bangk ] [ noun, intransitive verb ] MEANING : 1. (n.) one who, in a public place or from a platform, tells audiences stories and tricks them into buying quack medicines from himself or herself 2. (n.) a charlatan, boastful pretender or quack 3. (intr.v.) to operate, behave or act like a charlatan or mountebank USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : The mountebank was arrested by the police on charges of selling drugs without prescriptions. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : It somehow comes as no surprise to discover that this prince of mountebanks was also a close friend of the Duke of Windsor. Telegraph, John Brinkley,...