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 |
|---|---|
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |