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 |
|---|---|
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| prong | fork |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |