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 |
|---|---|
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| convivial | relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |