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.

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intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
multiplicitythe quality or state of being multiple or various
scrupuloushaving moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper
concertedmutually contrived or agreed on
leasha line for leading or restraining an animal
malleablecapable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers
saunterto walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll
foddersomething fed to domestic animals
patinaa usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color
ciliatedpossessing cilia