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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behooveto be necessary, proper, or advantageous for
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fractioustending to be troublesome : unruly
sleightdeceitful craftiness
platonicof, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism
anchora device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom
rusticateto go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life
vitriolicbitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism
oblivionthe fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness