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 |
|---|---|
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
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| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| executor | one who executes something |