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 |
|---|---|
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| medium | something in a middle position |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |