GRE Word List
BLACKBALL
to vote against
The meaning of the word blackball is to vote against.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| trance | stupor |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |
| beguile | hoodwink |