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 |
|---|---|
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |