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 |
|---|---|
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| influx | a coming in |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |