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 |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |