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 |
|---|---|
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| oversee | survey |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |