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 |
|---|---|
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |