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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|---|---|
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| attire | to put garments on : dress |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |