GRE Word List
BLACKBALL
to vote against
The meaning of the word blackball is to vote against.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| cataclysm | flood |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| prattle | prate |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |