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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| psychic | of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
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| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
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| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
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