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

WordMeaning
irrevocablenot possible to revoke : unalterable
emanateto come out from a source
deviseto form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent
careera profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
incorporealnot corporeal : having no material body or form
erroneouscontaining or characterized by error : mistaken
constraintthe act of constraining
catharsispurification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art
charydiscreetly cautious: such as
pulpitan elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service