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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |