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 |
|---|---|
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
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| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
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| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |