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
puerilejuvenile
laceto draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets
bruntthe principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack)
archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
besiegeto surround with armed forces
epochan event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development
bereftdeprived or robbed of the possession or use of something
amorphoushaving no definite form : shapeless
gainsayto declare to be untrue or invalid
perversionthe action of perverting : the condition of being perverted