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).

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WordMeaning
flauntto display or obtrude oneself to public notice
glaringhaving a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger
prodigalcharacterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish
obloquya strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language
determinatehaving defined limits
frescothe art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments
carafea bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine
run-downan item-by-item report or review : summary
poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
juridicalof or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge