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 |
|---|---|
| ramification | branch |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| representational | one that represents: such as |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |