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 |
|---|---|
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |