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 |
|---|---|
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| optician | a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| sentinel | sentry |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |