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 |
|---|---|
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| eccentricity | the quality or state of being eccentric |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| primal | original |
| cryptic | secret |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| farce | stuff |