GRE Word List
BLACKBALL
to vote against
The meaning of the word blackball is to vote against.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rendition | the act or result of rendering something: such as |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |