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 |
|---|---|
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| wanton | merciless |
| galaxy | milky way galaxy |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |