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 |
|---|---|
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |