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 |
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| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |