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 |
|---|---|
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| scourge | whip |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |
| spoof | deceive |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |