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 |
|---|---|
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| reek | smoke |