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 |
|---|---|
| lampoon | satire |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |