GRE Word List
IMPLODE
to burst inward
The meaning of the word implode is to burst inward.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sanction | a formal decree |
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| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |