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 |
|---|---|
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |