GRE Word List
BLACKBALL
to vote against
The meaning of the word blackball is to vote against.
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| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
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| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| preeminent | having paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
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| significant | having meaning |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |