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 |
|---|---|
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| podium | a low wall serving as a foundation or terrace wall: such as |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |