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 |
|---|---|
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |