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 |
|---|---|
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| verge | brink |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |