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 |
|---|---|
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| mogul | an Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| hazard | a source of danger |