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 |
|---|---|
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| imbibe | drink |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| concatenate | linked together |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| arid | excessively dry |