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

WordMeaning
tycoona businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate
loquaciousfull of excessive talk : wordy
chicanerydeception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery
foistto introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant
freneticmarked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied
aptitudeinclination
hoarda supply or fund stored up and often hidden away
shedto rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted
flounderflatfish
salientmoving by leaps or springs : jumping