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 |
|---|---|
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |