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

WordMeaning
soddendull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages
impassableincapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted
nepotismfavoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship
chaffingthe seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain
plenitudethe quality or state of being full : completeness
cumulativeincreasing by successive additions
bombasticmarked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous
fallibleliable to be erroneous
relican object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr
insuperableincapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved