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
captiousmarked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections
impassea predicament affording no obvious escape
tolla tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge)
terseusing few words : devoid of superfluity
remitto lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly
parryto ward off a weapon or blow
physiologicalof or relating to physiology
sectarianof, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian
monarchyundivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person
disembarkto remove to shore from a ship