GRE Word List

BALK

to refuse abruptly

The meaning of the word balk is to refuse abruptly.

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cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
compromisesettlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
vindictivedisposed to seek revenge : vengeful
leewayan allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
antecedeprecede
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depredationto lay waste : plunder
oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances
orificean opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass