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 |
|---|---|
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |