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 |
|---|---|
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| trample | tramp |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |