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 |
|---|---|
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| fester | to generate pus |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
