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 |
|---|---|
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| quizzical | comically quaint |