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
shama trick that deludes : hoax
inductto put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install
disfigureto impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries
voluptuoussuggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form
incredulitythe quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief
invoketo petition for help or support
colossalof, relating to, or resembling a colossus
homilya usually short sermon
protrudeto jut out from the surrounding surface or context
infiltrateto enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes