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 |
|---|---|
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
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| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
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| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
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| score | twenty |