GRE Word List
IMPLODE
to burst inward
The meaning of the word implode is to burst inward.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| executor | one who executes something |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |