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
malevolenthaving, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
requiema mass for the dead
stoopto bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees
prognosticateto foretell from signs or symptoms : predict
piqueto excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff
braidto make from braids
lopean easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter
rebuketo criticize sharply : reprimand
obliqueneither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary