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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |