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 |
|---|---|
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| impuissance | weakness |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| antecede | precede |