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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| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| random | a haphazard course |
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| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| repertoire | a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
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| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |