GRE Word List
BLACKBALL
to vote against
The meaning of the word blackball is to vote against.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| appease | pacify |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| plait | pleat |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |