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 |
|---|---|
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| representational | one that represents: such as |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |