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 |
|---|---|
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |