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
improvidentnot provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future
afterlifean existence after death
mockto treat with contempt or ridicule : deride
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
cemeterya burial ground
variegatedhaving discrete markings of different colors
bargainan agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other
mesmerizeto subject to mesmerism
rolling(of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments
stricturean abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage