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 |
|---|---|
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
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| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| venue | locale |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |