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 |
|---|---|
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| condiments | something used to enhance the flavor of food |