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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| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| query | question |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
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| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
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