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 |
|---|---|
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |