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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| overthrow | overturn |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| spangle | a small plate of shining metal or plastic used for ornamentation especially on clothing |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| trenchant | keen |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |