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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WordMeaning
vendorone that vends : seller
floutto treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn
hideousoffensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly
respirationthe movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs
misdemeanora crime less serious than a felony (see felony
nocturnalof, relating to, or occurring in the night
enterprisingmarked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act
demisedeath
oatha solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says
visceralfelt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep