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 |
|---|---|
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| seasonal | of, relating to, or varying in occurrence according to the season |
| crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |