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 |
|---|---|
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| eccentricity | the quality or state of being eccentric |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |