GRE Word List
BLACKBALL
to vote against
The meaning of the word blackball is to vote against.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| franchise | the right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |