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 |
|---|---|
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| appease | pacify |
| mulct | fine |
| monochrome | a painting, drawing, or photograph in a single hue |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |