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 |
|---|---|
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| attentive | mindful |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |
