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 |
|---|---|
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |