GRE vocabulary
quack
a person who fraudulently claims medical or expert knowledge they do not possess
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Questions about “quack”
Quack (noun) means a person who fraudulently claims medical or expert knowledge they do not possess
Here is quack used in an example sentence: "The so-called doctor turned out to be a quack peddling useless remedies."
Common synonyms for quack include charlatan, impostor, fraud.
Antonyms of quack include expert, specialist.
Quack is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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