GRE Word List
CONTAMINATE
to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association
The meaning of the word contaminate is to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
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| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| ravenous | rapacious |