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 |
|---|---|
| demented | mad |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| monotony | tedious sameness |