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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| Word | Meaning |
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| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |