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 |
|---|---|
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |