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 |
|---|---|
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| sleigh | an open usually horse-drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice |
| boor | peasant |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |