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 |
|---|---|
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| galaxy | milky way galaxy |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |