GRE Word List
BALK
to refuse abruptly
The meaning of the word balk is to refuse abruptly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incense | material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| cater | to provide a supply of food |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |