GRE Word List
INVOCATION
the act or process of petitioning for help or support
The meaning of the word invocation is the act or process of petitioning for help or support.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| pedestrian | commonplace |