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 |
|---|---|
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| unruly | not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| rightful | just |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| delirium | an acute (see acute |