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 |
|---|---|
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| seismic | of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |