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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
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| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |