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 |
|---|---|
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| earthy | of, relating to, or consisting of earth |
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |