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

WordMeaning
savorthe taste or smell of something
mentora friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus
quicksilvermercury
inconsequentialof no significance : unimportant
cubiclea sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room
culpablemeriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful
archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
sepulchera place of burial : tomb
yokea wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together
arbitraryexisting or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will