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 |
|---|---|
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| pilfer | steal |