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 |
|---|---|
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |