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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| venue | locale |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |