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 |
|---|---|
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |