GRE Word List
BALK
to refuse abruptly
The meaning of the word balk is to refuse abruptly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |