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 |
|---|---|
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| aria | air |
| unruly | not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| blackball | to vote against |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |