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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WordMeaning
pervertto cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt
serendipitythe faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for
pliablesupple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking
forsaketo renounce or turn away from entirely
meteoricof or relating to a meteor
hereafterafter this in sequence or in time
underhandin a clandestine manner
longevitya long duration of individual life
hoaxto trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous
stocka store or supply accumulated or available