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 |
|---|---|
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| unfrock | defrock |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| delve | excavate |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |