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 |
|---|---|
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |