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).
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| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| motley | variegated in color |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |