GRE Word List
ADAPT
to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification
The meaning of the word adapt is to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |