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 |
|---|---|
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| headlong | headfirst |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |