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 |
|---|---|
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |