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 |
|---|---|
| disquietude | anxiety |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |