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
spawnto deposit or fertilize spawn
nattytrimly neat and tidy : smart
effervescencethe property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing
auspiciousshowing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious
bulgeto jut out : swell
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
jetsamthe part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore
brazenmade of brass
confidentialmarked by intimacy or willingness to confide
ursineof or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae)