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 |
|---|---|
| wastrel | vagabond |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| spoof | deceive |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |