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 |
|---|---|
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| politic | political |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |