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 |
|---|---|
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| optician | a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| boor | peasant |