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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| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| edifice | building |
| irate | roused to ire |