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 |
|---|---|
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| approbation | commendation |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| tout | to make much of : promote |