GRE Word List
IMPLODE
to burst inward
The meaning of the word implode is to burst inward.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| microcosm | a little world |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |