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 |
|---|---|
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| flounder | flatfish |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| juridical | of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |