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
asepticpreventing infection
enjointo direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition
desultorymarked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose
lookoutone engaged in keeping watch : watchman
defaultfailure to do something required by duty or law : neglect
persevereto persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement
blunthaving an edge or point that is not sharp
snickerto laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter
insensibleincapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as
anvila heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering)