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 |
|---|---|
| acclaim | applaud |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| polity | political organization |
| espouse | marry |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |