Vocabulary Word
Word: plummet
Definition: fall sharply; fall straight down; Ex. Stock prices plummeted.
Definition: fall sharply; fall straight down; Ex. Stock prices plummeted.
Sentences Containing 'plummet'
Yet even then beyond the reach of any plummet--'out of the belly of hell'--when the whale grounded upon the ocean's utmost bones, even then, God heard the engulphed, repenting prophet when he cried.
More Vocab Words
::: ascribe - refer; attribute; assign::: indignity - treatment or situation that causes shame or loss of dignity, respect; offensive or insulting treatment; humiliating or degrading treatment; Ex. I suffered the indignity of having to say that in front of them.
::: parallel - similar; analogous; corresponding; N: parallel line; person or thing that is parallel (to another); similarity; Ex. know of no parallel to the case; Ex. without parallel; V: be similar to; make parallel; Ex. Your experience parallels mine; CF. unparalleled
::: surmise - guess; N.
::: homage - honor; tribute; great respect; Ex. pay/do homage to
::: refurbish - renovate; make clean, bright, or fresh (make new) again; make bright by polishing; Ex. refurbish an old theater; CF. furbish: polish
::: cabal - small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
::: indigent - poor; destitute
::: impermeable - impervious; not permitting passage through its substance; impossible to permeate
::: rend - split; tear apart; N. rent; CF. heartrending: causing deep sorrow
