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 |
|---|---|
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| mischance | bad luck |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |