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 |
|---|---|
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |