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 |
|---|---|
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
| fete | festival |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| quorum | a select group |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |