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 |
|---|---|
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |