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 |
|---|---|
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |