GRE Word List

BLACKBALL

to vote against

The meaning of the word blackball is to vote against.

Random words

WordMeaning
ingratiateto gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort
colloquyconversation
incarnateinvested with bodily and especially human nature and form
swindlerto obtain money or property by fraud or deceit
derangedmentally unsound : crazy
drivelnonsense
abolishto end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul
polygamistmarriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry
prehensileadapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around
imputeto lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly