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 |
|---|---|
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |