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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| avid | characterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit : very eager and enthusiastic |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |