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 |
|---|---|
| bland | soothing or mild (food); agreeable; causing no trouble or offence |
| runic | mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet; N. rune: one of the letters of an alphabet used by ancient Germanic peoples (cut on stone or wood); magic charm |
| novelty | something new; newness; ADJ. novel: new; original |
| rapacious | voracious; ravenous; taking everything one can; excessively grasping; plundering; subsisting on live prey; Ex. rapacious birds |
| pantomime | acting without dialogue; V. |
| docile | obedient; easily managed; submissive |
| stoke | stir up a fire or furnace; feed plentifully |
| flay | strip off skin; plunder; remove the skin from; criticize harshly |
| unearth | dig up; discover (facts) by careful searching; Ex. He unearthed some secrets about her; OP. conceal |
| monetary | pertaining to money |
