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 |
|---|---|
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| disclose | to make known or public |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |