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 |
|---|---|
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| arid | excessively dry |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| ejaculation | an act of ejaculating |
| levy | the imposition or collection of an assessment |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| ram | a male sheep |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |