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 |
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wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
representational | one that represents: such as |
acuity | keenness of perception |
unwitting | not knowing : unaware |