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 |
|---|---|
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| mulct | fine |
| catholic | roman catholic |