Reconnoitre - 1. To make an inspection or observation. 2. To inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes. 3. To examine or survey a region or area for engineering, geological, or other purposes.
Roger Davies watched the Beauxbatons students come spinning in, throwing themselves over and over in a series of complicated cartwheels and other gymnastics, obviously determined to impress.
He smirked. It looked impressive enough, if you didn't play Quidditch. Any one of his players were supple enough to do that. If that was the best Beauxbatons could do, then Hogwarts didn't need to worry.
But then the Durmstrang boys entered. They marched in in two absolutely arrow-straight lines, striking their truncheons on the floor in utterly perfect unison.
Roger couldn't help himself. He gulped. Perhaps Hogwarts needed to worry after all.