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 |
|---|---|
| duration | continuance in time |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |