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 |
|---|---|
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |