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 |
|---|---|
| impenitent | not penitent |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| turmoil | a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| forte | one's strong point |
| espouse | marry |