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 |
|---|---|
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| impuissance | weakness |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |