GRE Word List
PLUMMET
to fall perpendicularly
The meaning of the word plummet is to fall perpendicularly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| superficial | of, relating to, or located near a surface |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |