GRE Word List

SURVEILLANCE

close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective)

The meaning of the word surveillance is close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective).

Random words

WordMeaning
mordantbiting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive
honeto sharpen or smooth with a whetstone
lanknot well filled out : slender
restivestubbornly resisting control : balky
evocativeevoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
rentproperty (such as a house) rented or for rent
prognosisthe prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case
subjectiveof, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as
swarma great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere