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 |
|---|---|
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |