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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| Word | Meaning |
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| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
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| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| concoct | to prepare by combining raw materials |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |