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 |
|---|---|
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
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| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |