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 |
|---|---|
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |