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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| exploit | deed |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |