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 |
|---|---|
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| chivalrous | valiant |