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 |
|---|---|
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |
| pastry | a dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |
| eulogistic | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |