GRE Word List
PLUMMET
to fall perpendicularly
The meaning of the word plummet is to fall perpendicularly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |