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 |
|---|---|
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |