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 |
|---|---|
| hubbub | noise |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| docile | easily taught |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| forlorn | bereft |