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 |
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| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| lode | waterway |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |