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 |
|---|---|
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |