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 |
|---|---|
| calculated | apt |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| spoof | deceive |
| thespian | actor |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |