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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| chafe | irritate |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |