After the company reported unexpected losses, its stock price plummeted by more than thirty percent in a single day.
在公司报告意外亏损后，其股价在一天内暴跌超过百分之三十。
Which choice best defines “plummet”?
C — Fall sharply. “plummet” means fall sharply.
Which word means “fall sharply”?
D — plummet. “plummet” means fall sharply.
plummet — fall sharply. In Chinese: 暴跌，快速下降.
plummet is pronounced /ˈplʌmɪt/.
After the company reported unexpected losses, its stock price plummeted by more than thirty percent in a single day. (在公司报告意外亏损后，其股价在一天内暴跌超过百分之三十。)
drop, fall, plunge — all close in meaning to plummet (fall sharply).
soar, rise — each the opposite of plummet (fall sharply).
Yes. plummet is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
plummet(vertical drop)