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
verbosecontaining more words than necessary : wordy
obsessivetending to cause obsession
ironicrelating to, containing, or constituting irony
parochialof or relating to a church parish
miteany of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors
euphemismthe substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant
enfranchiseto set free (as from slavery)
connivancethe act of conniving
anthropoidany of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets)
usagefirmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure