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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falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
itinerant | traveling from place to place |
consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
psychopathic | of, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy |
bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
verbalize | to express something in words |
supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |