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 |
|---|---|
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
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