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 |
|---|---|
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| curator | a person who oversees or manages a place (such as a museum or zoo) that offers exhibits |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |