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 |
|---|---|
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |