GRE Word List
PLUMMET
to fall perpendicularly
The meaning of the word plummet is to fall perpendicularly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
| hortatory | hortative |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |