GRE Word List
BLACKBALL
to vote against
The meaning of the word blackball is to vote against.
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|---|---|
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |