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.

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WordMeaning
reconcileto restore to friendship or harmony
grossglaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness
carpingmarked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism
putrescentundergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid
gapeto open the mouth wide
bicameralhaving, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber
inherentinvolved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic
unseemlynot seemly: such as
misdemeanora crime less serious than a felony (see felony
scotchscottish