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 |
|---|---|
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| scotch | scottish |