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.

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WordMeaning
appriseto give notice to : tell
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supposititiousfraudulently substituted : spurious
favoritismthe showing of special favor : partiality
trenchantkeen
stoica member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c.
reciteto repeat from memory or read aloud publicly
temperamentcharacteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response
poisebalance