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 |
|---|---|
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| treasure | wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded |
| galvanic | of, relating to, or producing a direct current of electricity |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| hardy | bold |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |