GRE Word List
RECONNAISSANCE
a preliminary survey to gain information
The meaning of the word reconnaissance is a preliminary survey to gain information.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| retiring | reserved |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| sheer | unqualified |