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 |
|---|---|
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |