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 |
|---|---|
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| demoniac | possessed or influenced by a demon |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |