1 votes 1 votes In the event of an emergency, the pilot was trained to $\underline{\text{jettison}}$ excess fuel from the aircraft. The underlined word is closest in meaning to: plummet whip abandon sleep Verbal Aptitude go2025-mix-1 normal verbal-aptitude meaning + – gatecse asked Jul 12, 2020 • edited Jul 12, 2020 by soujanyareddy13 gatecse 77 views answer comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
Best answer 1 votes 1 votes jettison(v): throw or drop (something) from an aircraft or ship. The matching word here is plummet. gatecse answered Jul 12, 2020 • selected Jul 10, 2021 by Arjun gatecse comment Share Follow See 1 comment See all 1 1 comment reply hmrishavbandy commented Jan 14, 2022 reply Follow Share Plummet is often used to signify throwing something or something that moves very fast and crashes onto something else: “The arrow plummeted towards the earth, the car plummeted into the canyon”. Jettison on the other hand signifies something that is let go. No aspect of speed is involved as far as I know.Alternative sources supporting my line of thought:https://gre.economist.com/gre-vocabulary/jettison/2017-01-26 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.