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 |
|---|---|
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| roster | a roll or list of personnel |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| defalcate | deduct |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| pitfall | trap |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |