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 |
|---|---|
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| commonwealth | a nation, state, or other political unit: such as |