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 |
|---|---|
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| encumber | weigh down |
| bland | smooth and soothing in manner or quality |