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 |
|---|---|
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |