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 |
|---|---|
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| mischance | bad luck |