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

WordMeaning
fracasa noisy quarrel : brawl
macabrehaving death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
defalcatededuct
fitfulcharacterized by fits or paroxysms
expoundto set forth : state
parochialof or relating to a church parish
infiltrateto enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes
fermentto undergo fermentation
ulteriorgoing beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper