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 |
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balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |
rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
retrench | cut down |
inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
rickety | affected with rickets |
intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
skimp | skimpy |