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 |
|---|---|
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| spare | not being used |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |