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 |
|---|---|
| representational | one that represents: such as |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |