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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |