GRE Word List
RECONNAISSANCE
a preliminary survey to gain information
The meaning of the word reconnaissance is a preliminary survey to gain information.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |