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 |
|---|---|
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| refurbish | to brighten or freshen up : renovate |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |