Salubrious
hardPositive tonesuh-LOO-bree-us
adjective
Definition
Health-giving; healthy; conducive to well-being
Memory hook
SALUBR-IOUS: think SALUTE to health — a salubrious climate promotes well-being.
Word roots
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Examples
“The salubrious mountain air improved her health.”
“They moved to a more salubrious neighborhood.”
Test yourself
Fill in the blank with the right word:
“The ______ mountain air improved her health.”
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salubrious
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GRE Tip
Salubrious is a hard-difficulty GRE word. On the GRE, you might see it paired with synonyms like "healthful" or "wholesome" in Sentence Equivalence questions. Look for contrast clues (however, despite, although) that signal the opposite meaning. Words like "unhealthy".
Related GRE Words
wholesome
Conducive to or suggestive of good health and well-being
salutary
Producing good effects; beneficial; promoting health
debilitate
To make weak or feeble; to impair the strength of
emaciate
To make abnormally thin or weak, especially through illness or starvation
malaise
A general feeling of discomfort, illness, or unease
virulent
extremely harmful, bitterly hostile, or severely infectious
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