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

WordMeaning
maniacalaffected with or suggestive of madness
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
cannyclever
inherentinvolved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic
forlornbereft
fatuouscomplacently or inanely foolish : silly
mandatoryrequired by a law or rule : obligatory
correlationthe state or relation of being correlated
crescendoa gradual increase
evanescenttending to vanish like vapor