GRE Word List
IMPLODE
to burst inward
The meaning of the word implode is to burst inward.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
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