Wednesday, 4 November 2009

word of the news-vitiate

vi-ti-ate (tr.v):
vitiation (n), vitiator (n), vitiated, vitiating, vitiates vitiable (adj)

meaning:
1. to reduce the value or impair the quality of.
2.To corrupt morally
3.to make ineffective, invalidate

synonyms: mar, debauch, demoralise, spoil, undermine

usage: Unproven statements vitiate political atmosphere. (New Age)

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