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.

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WordMeaning
commemorateto call to remembrance
insensibleincapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as
chivalrousvaliant
lollto hang loosely or laxly : droop
perfidiousof, relating to, or characterized by perfidy
animadversiona critical and usually censorious remark
formidablecausing fear, dread, or apprehension
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
randoma haphazard course
steeplofty