GRE Word List
PLUMMET
to fall perpendicularly
The meaning of the word plummet is to fall perpendicularly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| deputize | to appoint as deputy |
| trenchant | keen |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| hirsute | hairy |