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 |
|---|---|
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| obscure | dark |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| encompass | include |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |