GRE Word List
BLACKBALL
to vote against
The meaning of the word blackball is to vote against.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sheer | unqualified |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |