Cambridge English: CPE (C2 Proficiency) - Verderb

to dress or decorate in a flashy, showy, or tasteless way

to corrupt something by adding inferior substances, especially to reduce its purity or quality

looking messy, wet, and soiled, as if having been pulled through mud or rain

to do a task badly or carelessly, causing mistakes or damage

to handle a task or activity clumsily, often causing damage or problem

to smear or soil something so that it looks unclean

to burn something so much that it turns into charcoal or carbon

an extremely intense and destructive fire

to preserve something, like food, by ridding it of all its moisture

to completely destroy or remove something

to spoil, weaken, or reduce the usefulness or perfection of something

to ruin or damage something's appearance, particularly by writing or sketching on it

a person or thing that ruins an otherwise positive or enjoyable situation

to cause problems, often by ruining or interrupting something that was planned

a substance, mess, or residue that looks gross or unclean