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 |
|---|---|
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| lampoon | satire |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |