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 |
|---|---|
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| entomology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |