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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |