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 |
|---|---|
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |