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 |
|---|---|
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| biennial | occurring every two years |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |