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 |
|---|---|
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| exegesis | exposition |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| filigree | ornamental work especially of fine wire of gold, silver, or copper applied chiefly to gold and silver surfaces |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |