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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WordMeaning
monasticof or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns
hermitagethe habitation of a hermit
dismemberto cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of
ravelto become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray
posteritythe offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation
looma frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace
unctuoushaving, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
reprimanda severe or formal reproof
squashto press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush
corrodeto eat away by degrees as if by gnawing