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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| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
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| psychic | of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |