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 |
|---|---|
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| condole | grieve |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| flux | a flowing of fluid from the body: such as |