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 |
|---|---|
| fleck | streak |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| hurl | rush |