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 |
|---|---|
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| encumber | weigh down |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |