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 |
|---|---|
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |