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 |
|---|---|
| significant | having meaning |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| enlist | to secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |