GRE Word List
PLUMMET
to fall perpendicularly
The meaning of the word plummet is to fall perpendicularly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
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| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |