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 |
|---|---|
| puerile | juvenile |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |