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 |
|---|---|
| calorific | caloric |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| fervent | very hot : glowing |