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 |
|---|---|
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| condole | grieve |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| devious | wandering |