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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egregiousconspicuous
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forestallto exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures
mottoa sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use
nomenclaturename
cumulativeincreasing by successive additions
propsomething that props or sustains : support