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 |
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nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
exposure | the fact or condition of being exposed: such as |
gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
aver | to declare positively |
pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |