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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|---|---|
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| multilingual | of, having, or expressed in several languages |
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