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 |
|---|---|
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |