adulterate

adulterate [verb]: to make impure by adding spurious or inferior substances.

Example: We were startled to discover that the milk had been adulterated with a carcinogenic substance.

Related words: adulterator [noun]

Synonyms: amalgamate, blend, contaminate, corrupt, defile, degrade, debase, devalue, dilute, doctor, falsify, infiltrate, intermix

Antonyms: clarify, cleanse, distill, filter, purify, refine

Tags: GRE

Category: Vocabulary words

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