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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incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
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excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
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