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 |
|---|---|
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| cosmic | of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |