GRE Word List
BLACKBALL
to vote against
The meaning of the word blackball is to vote against.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| ample | generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| nurture | training |