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 |
|---|---|
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| impuissance | weakness |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| pending | during |