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 |
|---|---|
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |