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 |
|---|---|
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |