GRE Word List
EVOKE
to call forth or up: such as
The meaning of the word evoke is to call forth or up: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |