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 |
|---|---|
| eventual | contingent |
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| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
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| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |