GRE Word List

BALK

to refuse abruptly

The meaning of the word balk is to refuse abruptly.

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supplecompliant often to the point of obsequiousness
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reconnaissancea preliminary survey to gain information
jocularsaid or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful
indeliblethat cannot be removed, washed away, or erased
slavishof or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude
manifoldmarked by diversity or variety
vertebrateany 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
unceremoniousnot ceremonious : informal
capriciousgoverned or characterized by caprice : impulsive