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 |
|---|---|
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |