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 |
|---|---|
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| enhance | heighten |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |