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 |
|---|---|
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| eulogistic | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| consort | associate |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |