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 |
|---|---|
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| realm | kingdom |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |