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 |
|---|---|
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |