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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| hortatory | hortative |
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |