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 |
|---|---|
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| giddy | dizzy |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |