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 |
|---|---|
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| faculty | ability |
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |