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 |
|---|---|
| figurine | a small carved or molded figure : statuette |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| chassis | the supporting frame of a structure (such as an automobile or television) |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |