Aug8 Flashcards

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Patent medicine

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Relating to or being a nonprescription drug or other medical preparation that is protected by a trademark

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Caveat

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A warning or caution: made a recommendation with many caveats

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Intermittent

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occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady.
“intermittent rain”
synonyms: sporadic, irregular, fitful, spasmodic, broken, fragmentary, discontinuous, isolated, random, patchy, scattered; More

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to be stoked

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to be completely and intensely enthusiastic, exhilirated, or excited about something

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5
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swindler

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A person who cheats

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hand waving

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conversation / speech omitting important details about the subject matter either because 1) the audience is perceived to be ignorant 2) the speaker themselves is not well-informed on the subject matter or 3) a little from column A and a little from column B.

felt there was a lot of hand waving going on with some of the questions

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