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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| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
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| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |