GRE Word List

INVOKE

to petition for help or support

The meaning of the word invoke is to petition for help or support.

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WordMeaning
privyprivate
accretionthe process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as
improvidentnot provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future
intersticea space that intervenes between things
daubto cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster
stagnantnot flowing in a current or stream
moribundbeing in the state of dying : approaching death
alloythe degree of mixture with base metals : fineness
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
obligatorybinding in law or conscience