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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|---|---|
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| malediction | curse |
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |