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 |
|---|---|
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| brave | having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |