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 |
|---|---|
| effete | no longer fertile |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| bout | a spell or period of activity: such as |