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 |
|---|---|
| skimp | skimpy |
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| cuisine | manner of preparing food : style of cooking |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| hap | happening |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| mediocre | of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |