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 |
|---|---|
| fell | skin |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| levy | the imposition or collection of an assessment |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| regime | regimen |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |