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
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apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
submissive | submitting to others |
damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
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