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 |
|---|---|
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| gazette | newspaper |