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 |
|---|---|
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |