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.
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|---|---|
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
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| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
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| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |