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 |
|---|---|
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |