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 |
|---|---|
| statutory | of or relating to statutes |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| niggle | trifle |
| headlong | headfirst |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |