GRE Word List

BLACKBALL

to vote against

The meaning of the word blackball is to vote against.

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pretendto give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing
pervertto cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt
pontificalepiscopal attire
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ardoran often restless or transitory warmth of feeling
pestilentialcausing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly
levitateto rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation
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secessionwithdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement
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