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 |
|---|---|
| quorum | a select group |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |