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 |
|---|---|
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| contrive | devise |
| diva | prima donna |
| score | twenty |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |