GRE Word List
OBVIATE
to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary
The meaning of the word obviate is to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| imply | to express indirectly |