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 |
|---|---|
| myriad | ten thousand |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| dynamo | generator |