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 |
|---|---|
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |