GRE Word List
CENTRIFUGAL
proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis
The meaning of the word centrifugal is proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |