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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| figurine | a small carved or molded figure : statuette |
| haven | harbor |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| sublimate | sublime |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |