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 |
|---|---|
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| trample | tramp |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| piscatorial | piscatory |