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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|---|---|
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
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| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
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