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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mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
aboriginalbeing the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region
augmentto make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
ineffectualnot producing the proper or intended effect : futile
genialitymarked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness
efficacythe power to produce an effect
shangri-laa remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia
lividdiscolored by bruising : black-and-blue
haphappening
obsequya funeral or burial rite