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 |
|---|---|
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |