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 |
|---|---|
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |