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 |
|---|---|
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| rider | one that rides |