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 |
|---|---|
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| antecede | precede |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| occident | west |
| mortician | undertaker |