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 |
|---|---|
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| duration | continuance in time |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| gusty | the sensation of taste |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |