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 |
|---|---|
| adept | thoroughly proficient : expert |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| plane | airplane |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |