SAT vocabulary: vitiate

What does vitiate mean? Read below for the definition.

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Part of Speech of vitiate

vitiate is a VERB.

Pronunciation of vitiate

Here’s how to pronounce vitiate:

IPA: /’vɪ.ʃi.eɪt/

Glossary-style: [VIH-shee-ate]

Definition of vitiate

vitiate means: debase or morally corrupt (Ex: enthusiasm vitiated by years of failure). spoil, make faulty; reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something (Ex: to vitiate the quality of the conversation by yawning and not paying attention).

Explain more about vitiate, please

vitiate is not a terribly common word (not one that I use in my daily speech, anyway). vitiate basically means to reduce the good qualities of something. For example, if you vitiate the power of the government, you weaken it. If you vitiate the importance of something, you make it less important.

Example of vitiate

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