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.
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| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
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| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
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| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
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