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 |
|---|---|
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| appease | pacify |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |