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 |
|---|---|
| resplendent | shining brilliantly : characterized by a glowing splendor |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| cataclysm | flood |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |