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 |
|---|---|
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |