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 |
|---|---|
| superficial | of, relating to, or located near a surface |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| hirsute | hairy |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |