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 |
|---|---|
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| tome | book |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| guileless | innocent |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |