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 |
|---|---|
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |