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 |
|---|---|
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |