GRE Word List

PLUMMET

to fall perpendicularly

The meaning of the word plummet is to fall perpendicularly.

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briman upper or outer margin : verge
conscripta conscripted person (such as a military recruit)
panaceaa remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all
vivaciouslively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly
inconsequentialof no significance : unimportant
convexcurved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle
cornicethe molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration
controvertto dispute or oppose by reasoning
artlesslacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit