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 |
|---|---|
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| consort | associate |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |