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 |
|---|---|
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| prodigy | a highly talented child or youth |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| rail | a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |