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 |
|---|---|
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| dingy | dirty |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |