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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by Christmas,

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the holiday over a million teens celebrate just because

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they want the newest version of FIFA.

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All right, which of these words is closest in meaning to plummet?

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And here are the potential answers.

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To plummet means to drop down,

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usually from a great height

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like a penny from a skyscraper...

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or like Lindsay Lohan's career.

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So let's start with A - ascend.

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To ascend is to rise or go up.

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It's the opposite of dropping down,

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so we can cross this one off right away.

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Next up is B - distorted.

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Distorted means twisted

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and deformed, like the worldview of your friend's

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awkwardly racist granny.

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All right, well, distorted doesn't have anything to do

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with dropping from a great height,

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as much as you might want to accidentally push

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granny's wheelchair off the nearest cliff.

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So then there's D - slanted, which means

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at any angle like, say, the roof of a house.

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Now a roof might be a location from which one could plummet,

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but slanted just describes the position of an object,

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so option D is a no-go.

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Which leaves us with just C - fall.

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To drop down suddenly, also known as

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to plummet. So the correct answer is C - fall.

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And, remember, Santa doesn't always come through

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and Mom thinks you look great in turtlenecks.

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