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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|---|---|
| teetotalism | the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
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