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 |
|---|---|
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| disclose | to make known or public |
| impinge | encroach |