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 |
|---|---|
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |