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 |
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| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
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| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |