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 |
|---|---|
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| lode | waterway |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| ensconce | shelter |