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 |
|---|---|
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| laud | praise |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |