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 |
|---|---|
| resplendent | shining brilliantly : characterized by a glowing splendor |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| anonymity | the quality or state of being anonymous |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| gnome | maxim |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |