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 |
|---|---|
| mange | any 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 |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| hap | happening |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |