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 |
|---|---|
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| arsenal | an establishment for the manufacture or storage of arms and military equipment |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |