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 |
|---|---|
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| writ | something written : writing |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| natal | native |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |