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 |
|---|---|
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| subjective | of, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |