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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WordMeaning
quirkan abrupt twist or curve
trystan agreement (as between lovers) to meet
peddleto travel about with wares for sale
rotunditymarked by roundness : rounded
boorpeasant
agglomerationthe action or process of collecting in a mass
irreproachablenot reproachable : blameless
nondescriptbelonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described
clamberto climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet
polygamistmarriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry