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 |
|---|---|
| condiments | something used to enhance the flavor of food |
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| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| physiological | of or relating to physiology |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |