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 |
|---|---|
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| score | twenty |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| apprehend | arrest |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |