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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| Word | Meaning |
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| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| potpourri | a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |