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 |
|---|---|
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |