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 |
|---|---|
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| acetic | vinegary |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| dart | a light spear |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |