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 |
|---|---|
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| concentric | having a common center |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |