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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incentivesomething that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action
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distillto let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate
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precipitantprecipitate
coddleto cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point
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