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 |
|---|---|
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| drivel | nonsense |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |