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 |
|---|---|
| nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| leave-taking | departure |
| retrench | cut down |