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 |
|---|---|
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| dour | stern |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |