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 |
|---|---|
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| psychiatrist | a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| dart | a light spear |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |