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 |
|---|---|
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| polity | political organization |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |