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 |
|---|---|
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| resign | relegate |
| decipher | decode |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |