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 |
|---|---|
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |