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 |
|---|---|
| clown | farmer |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |