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 |
|---|---|
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |