GRE Word List
IMPLODE
to burst inward
The meaning of the word implode is to burst inward.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| antecede | precede |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |