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 |
|---|---|
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| edifice | building |
| overthrow | overturn |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |