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 |
|---|---|
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| pander | to act as a pander |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |