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 |
|---|---|
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| astronomical | of or relating to astronomy |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |