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 |
|---|---|
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| guileless | innocent |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| shambles | a meat market |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |