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.
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| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
| influx | a coming in |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
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| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |