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 |
|---|---|
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |