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 |
|---|---|
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |