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 |
|---|---|
| realm | kingdom |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| liability | the quality or state of being liable |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| representational | one that represents: such as |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |