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
maladroitlacking adroitness : inept
spinto draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread
tridenta 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune)
lunaticaffected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane
legerdemainsleight of hand
zesta piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring
poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
besetto set or stud with or as if with ornaments
impudencethe quality or state of being impudent
nourishnurture