Aug8 Flashcards
(6 cards)
Patent medicine
Relating to or being a nonprescription drug or other medical preparation that is protected by a trademark
Caveat
A warning or caution: made a recommendation with many caveats
Intermittent
occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady.
“intermittent rain”
synonyms: sporadic, irregular, fitful, spasmodic, broken, fragmentary, discontinuous, isolated, random, patchy, scattered; More
to be stoked
to be completely and intensely enthusiastic, exhilirated, or excited about something
swindler
A person who cheats
hand waving
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