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 |
|---|---|
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
| mischance | bad luck |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |