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 |
|---|---|
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| convene | to come together in a body |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |