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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| billow | wave |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |