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 |
|---|---|
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| stringent | tight |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |