GRE Word List
VITIATE
to make faulty or defective : impair
The meaning of the word vitiate is to make faulty or defective : impair.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| ensconce | shelter |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |