GRE Word List
BLACKBALL
to vote against
The meaning of the word blackball is to vote against.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| wont | accustomed |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |