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 |
|---|---|
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| fruition | pleasurable use or possession : enjoyment |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |