GRE Word List

BLACKBALL

to vote against

The meaning of the word blackball is to vote against.

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expansivehaving a capacity or a tendency to expand
matriarcha woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state
variegateto diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple
solitudethe quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion
invertto reverse in position, order, or relationship
rancidhaving an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition
ductilecapable of being drawn out (see draw
uncannyseeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie
arteryany of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body