GRE Word List

ESPIONAGE

the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company

The meaning of the word espionage is the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company.

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practicalof, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal
fraudulentcharacterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful
piecemealone piece at a time : gradually
fictitiousof, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary
healthfulbeneficial to health of body or mind
auspiciousshowing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious
partialof or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total
wizenedto become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality
deliriuman acute (see acute
inscrutablenot readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious