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 |
|---|---|
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| typhoon | a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |