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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WordMeaning
compensatoryto be equivalent to : counterbalance
unassumingnot assuming : modest
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
predisposeto dispose in advance
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
submissivesubmitting to others
immunenot susceptible or responsive
bentunenclosed grassland
sanctiona formal decree
reprobatean unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel