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 |
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| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| convention | agreement |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| horticultural | the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |