GRE Word List

OVERSEE

survey

The meaning of the word oversee is survey.

Random words

WordMeaning
culpablemeriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful
supplecompliant often to the point of obsequiousness
torridparched with heat especially of the sun : hot
summationthe act or process of forming a sum : addition
carnivoroussubsisting or feeding on animal tissues
thrashto beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog
idioman expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)
legerdemainsleight of hand
plaintiveexpressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
egotisticalcharacterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance