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 |
|---|---|
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| refrain | curb |
| retrench | cut down |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| articulate | expressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |