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 |
|---|---|
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| resign | relegate |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |