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 |
|---|---|
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| imbue | endow |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |