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 |
|---|---|
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| shambles | a meat market |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |