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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| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
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| inopportune | inconvenient |