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 |
|---|---|
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| demoniac | possessed or influenced by a demon |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |