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 |
|---|---|
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |