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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WordMeaning
inditemake up
imperviousnot allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable
mischancebad luck
mottledmarked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors
tertiaryof third rank, importance, or value
lullto cause to sleep or rest : soothe
submissivesubmitting to others
pretexta purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
ferociousexhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality