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 |
|---|---|
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |