GRE Word List

INVOKE

to petition for help or support

The meaning of the word invoke is to petition for help or support.

Random words

WordMeaning
immobilitynot moving : motionless
stodgyhaving a rich filling quality : heavy
viscidhaving an adhesive quality : sticky
humdrummonotonous
motifa usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts)
confiscateappropriated by the government : forfeited
cohereto hold together firmly as parts of the same mass
reprisea musical repetition:
basethe bottom of something considered as its support : foundation
satiricalof, relating to, or constituting satire