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 |
|---|---|
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |