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 |
|---|---|
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |