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 |
|---|---|
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |