GRE Word List
CANVASS
to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments
The meaning of the word canvass is to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| actuary | clerk |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| sentinel | sentry |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
