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 |
|---|---|
| outmoded | not being in style |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |