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 |
|---|---|
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |