GRE Word List

IMPLODE

to burst inward

The meaning of the word implode is to burst inward.

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WordMeaning
reconditedifficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep
irremediablenot remediable
mingleto bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix
somnolentof a kind likely to induce sleep
unassuagednot quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged
comprehendto grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of
circumventto manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem
dwindleto become steadily less : shrink
missilecapable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action