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 |
|---|---|
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| sidereal | of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |