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 |
|---|---|
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |