GRE Word List

PLUMMET

to fall perpendicularly

The meaning of the word plummet is to fall perpendicularly.

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WordMeaning
pell-mellin mingled confusion or disorder
gratuitysomething given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service
qualmsa feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety
substantiateto give substance or form to : embody
implicitcapable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied
chastiseto censure severely : castigate
remittancea sum of money remitted
raveto talk irrationally in or as if in delirium
citeto call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)
autocraticof, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute