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 |
|---|---|
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| nib | bill |
| significant | having meaning |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |