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 |
|---|---|
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| quisling | traitor |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |