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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adagea saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation
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ovationa ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted
jargonthe technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group
clapto strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise
loquaciousfull of excessive talk : wordy
sonicutilizing, produced by, or relating to sound waves
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