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.

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symbiosisthe living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism)
distillto let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate
understateto represent as less than is the case
cringeto recoil in distaste
smeltany of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste
esteemthe regard in which one is held
grimfierce in disposition or action : savage
refuteto prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous
bombastpretentious inflated speech or writing
genericrelating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general