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 |
|---|---|
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
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| giddy | dizzy |