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 |
|---|---|
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |