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 |
|---|---|
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |