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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|---|---|
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| seemly | good-looking |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |