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

WordMeaning
precipitateto throw violently : hurl
empiricaloriginating in or based on observation or experience
emolumentthe returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites
corpusthe body of a human or animal especially when dead
affinityrelationship by marriage
milieuthe physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment
extraneousexisting on or coming from the outside
occidentwest
conclavea private meeting or secret assembly
jurisdictionthe power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law