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 |
|---|---|
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |