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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pertinenthaving a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand
falsifyto prove or declare false : disprove
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plenitudethe quality or state of being full : completeness
jibeto be in accord : agree
doctrinea principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma
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sequesterto set apart : segregate
curfewthe sounding of a bell at evening
pedigreea register recording a line of ancestors