GRE Word List
CENTRIPETAL
proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis
The meaning of the word centripetal is proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |