GRE Word List

IMPLODE

to burst inward

The meaning of the word implode is to burst inward.

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inveigleto win over by wiles : entice
sheafa quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together
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mercurialof, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury
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inextricableforming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free