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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hullthe outer covering of a fruit or seed
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tensilecapable of tension : ductile
sticklerone who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something
cogentappealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing