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

WordMeaning
looma frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace
straggleto wander from the direct course or way : rove
quivera case for carrying or holding arrows
predisposeto dispose in advance
incongruitythe quality or state of being incongruous
laboriousinvolving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous
dowrythe money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage
filialof, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter
ribaldmarked by coarseness or lewdness : crude
secularof or relating to the worldly or temporal