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 |
|---|---|
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |