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 |
|---|---|
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |