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 |
|---|---|
| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |