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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| rotunda | a round building |