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 |
|---|---|
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |