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 |
|---|---|
| leery | suspicious |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |