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 |
|---|---|
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| pugilist | fighter |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |