GRE Word List
VITIATE
to make faulty or defective : impair
The meaning of the word vitiate is to make faulty or defective : impair.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| slew | a large number |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| forte | one's strong point |