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 |
|---|---|
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| bauble | trinket |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| haven | harbor |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| calorific | caloric |