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Word: prophylactic

Definition: used to prevent disease; N: something prophylactic; condom; N. prophylaxis: prevention of disease


More Vocab Words

::: fluency - smoothness of speech; ADJ. fluent
::: graduate - arrange into categories or grades; divide into marked intervals (for use in measurement); Ex. graduated ruler
::: subjective - influenced by personal feelings; occurring or taking place within the mind; unreal; Ex. subjective sensation of the ghostly presence
::: acoustics - science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
::: brackish - somewhat saline
::: cohabit - live together
::: bequeath - leave to someone by means of a will; hand down in his will; N. bequest
::: sophisticated - worldly wise and urbane; refined; complex; N. sophistication; V. sophisticate
::: retrench - cut down; cut down expenses; economize
::: invidious - designed to create ill will or envy; tending to rouse ill will or envy; Ex. invidious comparison