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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| devious | wandering |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |