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 |
|---|---|
| noisome | noxious |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |