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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suppliant | supplicant |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| exult | to be extremely joyful : rejoice |
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| assent | to agree to or approve of something (such as an idea or suggestion) especially after thoughtful consideration : concur |