GRE Word List
PLUMP
to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily
The meaning of the word plump is to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| potpourri | a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| thespian | actor |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |