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 |
|---|---|
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
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| balk | to refuse abruptly |
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