GRE Word List
RECONNAISSANCE
a preliminary survey to gain information
The meaning of the word reconnaissance is a preliminary survey to gain information.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| dominate | rule |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |