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 |
|---|---|
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |