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 |
|---|---|
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |