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 |
|---|---|
| congruent | congruous |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| dart | a light spear |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |