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 |
|---|---|
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| condole | grieve |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |