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 |
|---|---|
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| passe | past one's prime |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| romp | one that romps |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |