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 |
|---|---|
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| longevity | a long duration of individual life |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| stock | a store or supply accumulated or available |