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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| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |