GRE Word List
IMPLODE
to burst inward
The meaning of the word implode is to burst inward.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| vital | of the utmost importance |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |