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 |
|---|---|
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| catholic | roman catholic |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| amazon | a member of a race of female warriors of Greek mythology |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| mural | of, relating to, or resembling a wall |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |