GRE Word List

IMPLODE

to burst inward

The meaning of the word implode is to burst inward.

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consummateextremely skilled and accomplished
vitalof the utmost importance
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munificentvery liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow
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frictionthe rubbing of one body against another
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epiloguea concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work