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.

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WordMeaning
gnarlsnarl
opportunesuitable or convenient for a particular occurrence
commonplacecommonly found or seen : ordinary
incapacitateto deprive of capacity or natural power : disable
supposititiousfraudulently substituted : spurious
deadlocka state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill
nominalof, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction
solecisman ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence
plastera medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance
wreakbring about