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 |
|---|---|
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| historic | historical |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| egregious | conspicuous |