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 |
|---|---|
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |