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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |