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 |
|---|---|
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| existential | of, relating to, or affirming existence |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |