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 |
|---|---|
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| concentric | having a common center |