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 |
|---|---|
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| hubbub | noise |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |