GRE Word List

IMPLODE

to burst inward

The meaning of the word implode is to burst inward.

Random words

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hacklesone of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird
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transitiona change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another
peerlessmatchless
pristinebelonging to the earliest period or state : original
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