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 |
|---|---|
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |