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 |
|---|---|
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| skimp | skimpy |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| microcosm | a little world |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |