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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| astral | of, relating to, or coming from the stars |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |