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 |
|---|---|
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| dint | force |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |