vitiate - To reduce the value or impair the quality of; to corrupt morally; to make ineffective.
Usage: Even though her clothes were shabby, nothing could vitiate her beauty.
feign - To give a false appearance of; to represent falsely; pretend to.
Usage: He feigned that he was ill to avoid going to school.
tergiversate - To use evasions or ambiguities; to change sides.
Synonyms: equivocate, prevaricate, apostatize
Usage: She refused to tergiversate on the subject, stating her opinion concisely and openly.
evince - To show or demonstrate clearly; manifest.
Usage: The baby couldn't tell us she disliked the cereal, but she evinced her distaste by grimacing.
felicitate - To offer congratulations to.
Synonyms: congratulate
Usage: I felicitate you on your memory, sir.
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