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 |
|---|---|
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| countenance | look |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
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