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 |
|---|---|
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |