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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| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |