GRE Word List
HYGIENE
a science of the establishment and maintenance of health
The meaning of the word hygiene is a science of the establishment and maintenance of health.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |