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
matrixsomething within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form
floutto treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn
gallbrazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence
vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
recurrentrunning or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course
blurtto utter abruptly and impulsively
ceremoniousdevoted to forms and ceremony
implacablenot placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated
skeptican adherent or advocate of skepticism
expositoryof, relating to, or containing exposition