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 |
|---|---|
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |