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 |
|---|---|
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| schism | division |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| diadem | crown |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |