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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|---|---|
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
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| provision | the act or process of providing |
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