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 |
|---|---|
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| postulate | demand |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| broach | brooch |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |