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 |
|---|---|
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |