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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disenfranchiseto deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity
cantankerousdifficult or irritating to deal with
irreconcilableimpossible to reconcile
censoriousmarked by or given to censure (see censure
precincta part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district
imperilto bring into peril : endanger
omniscienthaving infinite awareness, understanding, and insight
supinelying on the back or with the face upward
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philologythe study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature