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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| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
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