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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|---|---|
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
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| gnarl | snarl |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
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