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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| quench | put out |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| hortatory | hortative |