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 |
|---|---|
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| prank | trick |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |