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 |
|---|---|
| chafe | irritate |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| vixen | a female fox |
| erudite | having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |