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 |
|---|---|
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| diadem | crown |
| physiological | of or relating to physiology |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| dour | stern |
| fuddle | booze |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |