GRE Word List
IMPLODE
to burst inward
The meaning of the word implode is to burst inward.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
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| sleeper | one that sleeps |
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