quackery

nounCommon GRE wordMore Q words

the fraudulent pretense of skill or knowledge, especially in medicine

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Quackery in a sentence

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The so-called cure was pure quackery, exploiting the hopes of the desperately ill.

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a person who fraudulently claims medical or expert knowledge they do not possess

to drink heartily and in large gulps

to limit or modify a statement so that it is less absolute

a state of uncertainty or perplexity over what to do

a period of enforced isolation to prevent the spread of disease

to suppress or put an end to, especially by force; to quiet or calm

habitually complaining in a peevish, whining manner

to argue or object over trivial, insignificant details

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Quackery (noun) means the fraudulent pretense of skill or knowledge, especially in medicine

Here is quackery used in an example sentence: "The so-called cure was pure quackery, exploiting the hopes of the desperately ill."

Common synonyms for quackery include charlatanism, fraud, humbug.

Quackery is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.