GRE Word List

IMPLODE

to burst inward

The meaning of the word implode is to burst inward.

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winsomegenerally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence
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endueprovide
litotesunderstatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy")
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projectilea body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia