GRE Word List
CONTRABAND
illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling
The meaning of the word contraband is illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling.
Random words
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| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| puerile | juvenile |
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