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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |