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.

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compriseto be made up of
enjointo direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition
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precludeto make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance
rotethe use of memory usually with little intelligence
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
prosperto succeed in an enterprise or activity
agendaa list or outline of things to be considered or done
candorunreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use