GRE Word List
TAINT
to contaminate morally : corrupt
The meaning of the word taint is to contaminate morally : corrupt.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |