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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|---|---|
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
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| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
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| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
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| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |