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
insinuateto impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply
consanguinitythe quality or state of being consanguineous
ventralof or relating to the belly : abdominal
compendiuma brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
permissivegranted on sufferance : tolerated
solecisman ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence
contumaciousstubbornly disobedient : rebellious
visionaryhaving or marked by foresight and imagination
precipitateto throw violently : hurl
complicityassociation or participation in or as if in a wrongful act