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 |
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| brave | having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| enduring | lasting |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |