GRE Word List
IMPLODE
to burst inward
The meaning of the word implode is to burst inward.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |