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 |
|---|---|
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |