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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WordMeaning
migrantone that migrates: such as
uproara state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance
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cantoone of the major divisions of a long poem
empathythe 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
inerrancyexemption from error : infallibility
opportunesuitable or convenient for a particular occurrence
blusterto talk or act with noisy swaggering threats
edificebuilding
irateroused to ire