GRE Word List
BALK
to refuse abruptly
The meaning of the word balk is to refuse abruptly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| optician | a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| nourishment | food |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| guy | man |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |