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 |
|---|---|
| unfrock | defrock |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| groom | bridegroom |