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 |
|---|---|
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| trance | stupor |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |