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 |
|---|---|
| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| apprehend | arrest |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |