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
sagaciousof keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning
languishto be or become feeble, weak, or enervated
blightedaffected with blight (see blight
phoenixa legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
blareto sound loud and strident
dowdynot neat or becoming in appearance : shabby
censoriousmarked by or given to censure (see censure
ambleto go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter
mementosomething that serves to warn or remind
misapprehensionto apprehend wrongly : misunderstand