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 |
|---|---|
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| stilted | pompous |