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 |
|---|---|
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |