GRE Word List
INVOKE
to petition for help or support
The meaning of the word invoke is to petition for help or support.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| attentive | mindful |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| pastry | a dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |