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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| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |