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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WordMeaning
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
presumptuousoverstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties
pedestalthe support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration
concoctto prepare by combining raw materials
anthologya collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music
fallaciousembodying a fallacy
tremulouscharacterized by or affected with trembling or tremors
premonitorygiving warning
paranoiamental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations
perpetrateto bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit