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 |
|---|---|
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| philatelist | a specialist in philately : one who collects or studies stamps |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| demoniac | possessed or influenced by a demon |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| invalid | not valid: |