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 |
|---|---|
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |