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 |
|---|---|
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| exult | to be extremely joyful : rejoice |
| dour | stern |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |