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 |
|---|---|
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| demise | death |