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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idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
feint | something feigned |
antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
jest | a joking or mocking remark |
interim | an intervening time : interval |
overblown | past the prime of bloom |
deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
clown | farmer |
cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |