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 |
|---|---|
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| contrive | devise |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |