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 |
|---|---|
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| nourishment | food |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |