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 |
|---|---|
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| delve | excavate |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |