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 |
|---|---|
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |