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 |
|---|---|
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |