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 |
|---|---|
| prong | fork |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| foliage | a representation of leaves, flowers, and branches for architectural ornamentation |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |