SAT vocabulary
Embargo
an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country
Example
"The government imposed a strict embargo on rare minerals to pressure neighboring states into negotiations."
Etymology
From Spanish 'embargo', from 'embargar' meaning 'to impede or restrain', ultimately from Vulgar Latin *imbarricare.
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