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 |
|---|---|
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| poise | balance |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |