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 |
|---|---|
| egregious | conspicuous |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |