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 |
|---|---|
| imprecation | curse |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |