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 |
|---|---|
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |