Sample sentences for the GRE study word blackball

1. banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball -- (expel from a community or group)
2. veto, blackball, negative -- (vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill")

1. barring, blackball -- (the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto)