GRE Word List
INVOKE
call and bring into use (a right or law); call on/upon (a higher power or god) for help; ask for; beg for; conjure (a spirit); Ex. invoke the veto power; Ex. invoke one's advisor/God
The meaning of the word invoke is call and bring into use (a right or law); call on/upon (a higher power or god) for help; ask for; beg for; conjure (a spirit); Ex. invoke the veto power; Ex. invoke one's advisor/God.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nutrition | process of nourishing or being nourished; CF. malnutrition |
| soothsayer | one who foretells the future |
| solder | repair or make whole by using a metal alloy; N: metal alloy (usually tin and lead) used in the molten state to join metallic parts |
| acetic | vinegary |
| nauseous | causing nausea; feeling nausea |
| desultory | aimless; haphazard; digressing at random |
| curb | chain or strap used with a bit to restrain a horse; something that checks; V: check; restrain |
| lexicographer | compiler of a dictionary; CF. lexicography: work of compiling a dictionary |
| blackball | vote against (an applicant); ostracize; N: negative vote |
| unilateral | one-sided; involving or affecting only one side; Ex. unilateral declaration |
