GRE Word List

BLACKBALL

to vote against

The meaning of the word blackball is to vote against.

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inevitableincapable of being avoided or evaded
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bemusedmarked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed
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argotthe language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group
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