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 |
|---|---|
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |