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

WordMeaning
trampto walk, tread, or step especially heavily
glitterto shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle
vassala person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant
beseechto beg for urgently or anxiously
relinquishto withdraw or retreat from : leave behind
elusivetending to elude: such as
hackneyedlacking in freshness or originality
perverseturned away from what is right or good : corrupt
homagea feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord
misnomerthe misnaming of a person in a legal instrument