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 |
|---|---|
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| concentric | having a common center |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| fluke | flatfish |
| rider | one that rides |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |