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 |
|---|---|
| natal | native |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |