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 |
|---|---|
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |