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 |
|---|---|
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| dissension | disagreement |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| score | twenty |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| sheer | unqualified |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |