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 |
|---|---|
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |