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 |
|---|---|
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| bookish | of or relating to books |
| bland | smooth and soothing in manner or quality |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |