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.

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tracta system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function
sanctuarya consecrated place: such as
resolutionthe act or process of resolving: such as
threshto separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically
insuperableincapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved
pronouncedstrongly marked : decided
chasma deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge
parchmentthe skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
evanescenttending to vanish like vapor