GRE Word List
IMPLODE
to burst inward
The meaning of the word implode is to burst inward.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| influx | a coming in |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| intermediary | mediator |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |