GRE Word List
ADULTERATE
to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element
The meaning of the word adulterate is to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |