GRE Word List
IMPLODE
to burst inward
The meaning of the word implode is to burst inward.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| significant | having meaning |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |