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
emanateto come out from a source
knitto form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles
clefta space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure
visceralfelt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep
supernumeraryexceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number
screecha high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror
sacrosanctmost sacred or holy : inviolable
iniquitouscharacterized by iniquity
foiblethe part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point
annotateto make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment