GRE Word List
INVOKE
to petition for help or support
The meaning of the word invoke is to petition for help or support.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tramp | to walk, tread, or step especially heavily |
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |