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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ambulatoryable to walk about and not bedridden
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wringto squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid
aeriethe nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop
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qualifyto reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify
promulgateto make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim
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