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 |
|---|---|
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| courier | messenger |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |