GRE Word List
CONVOKE
to call together to a meeting
The meaning of the word convoke is to call together to a meeting.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| exhume | disinter |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
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