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 |
|---|---|
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |