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 |
|---|---|
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
