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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rejuvenateto make young or youthful again : give new vigor to
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founderone that founds or establishes
protegeone who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence
isotopeany of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties
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coagulateto cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle
shearto cut off the hair from
ethnicof or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background