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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |