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 |
|---|---|
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| puerile | juvenile |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |