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 |
|---|---|
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |