GRE Word List
BALK
to refuse abruptly
The meaning of the word balk is to refuse abruptly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| swill | wash |
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