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 |
|---|---|
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| delve | excavate |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |