GRE Word List
PROPHYLACTIC
guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection
The meaning of the word prophylactic is guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sober | not intoxicated |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| fruition | pleasurable use or possession : enjoyment |
| canny | clever |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |