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 |
|---|---|
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| crass | gross |