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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forthrightfree from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point
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verbosecontaining more words than necessary : wordy
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